RESEARCH INTERESTS

This group devotes to frontier research in the field of organic electronics through multidisciplinary approach of chemistry, materials science, energy and information. We design and synthesize novel high-performance conjugated organics and polymers, especially nonfullerene acceptors, for example, we pioneered fused-ring electron acceptors represented by the milestone molecule ITIC. We explore applications of these new materials in renewable energy and information technology, especially fabrication of organic solar cells, perovskite solar cells and photodetectors.

EDUCATION

1993–1998, Ph.D., Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University (Supervisor: Prof. Zhiquan Shen and Prof. Mujie Yang)

1986–1990, B.S., Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2021–present, Professor, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Peking University

2012-2020, Professor, College of Engineering, Peking University

2006-2012, Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

2003-2006, Research Scientist, Department of Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology (Advisor: Prof. Seth Marder)

2002-2003, Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Arizona (Advisor: Prof. Seth Marder)

2000-2002, Associate Professor, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

1999, Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Advisor: Prof. Ben Zhong Tang)

1998-2000, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Advisor: Prof. Daoben Zhu and Prof. Yunqi Liu)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. J. Wang, P. Xue, Y. Jiang, Y. Huo, X. Zhan*, The principles, design and applications of fused-ring electron acceptors. Nat. Rev. Chem. 2022, 6, 614–634.

2. C. Yan, S. Barlow, Z. Wang, H. Yan, A. K.-Y. Jen, S. R. Marder, X. Zhan*, Non-fullerene acceptors for organic solar cells. Nat. Rev. Mater. 2018, 3, 18003.

3. S. Dai, F. Zhao, Q. Zhang, T. Lau, T. Li, K. Liu, Q. Ling, C. Wang, X. Lu, W. You, X. Zhan*, Fused nonacyclic electron acceptors for efficient polymer solar cells. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 1336–1343.

4. Y. Lin, F. Zhao, Q. He, L. Huo, Y. Wu, T. C. Parker, W. Ma, Y. Sun, C. Wang, D. Zhu, A. J. Heeger, S. R. Marder, X. Zhan*, High-performance electron acceptor with thienyl side chains for organic photovoltaics. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 4955−4961.

5. Y. Lin, J. Wang, Z.-G. Zhang, H. Bai, Y. Li, D. Zhu, X. Zhan*, An electron acceptor challenging fullerenes for efficient polymer solar cells. Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 1170–1174.